| written words for the avid reader. . . part one The art of courtly love. . . 1. marriage is no real excuse for not loving 2. he who is jealous cannot love 3. no one can be bound by a double love 4. it is well known that love is always increasing or decreasing 5. that which a lover takes against the will of his beloved has no relish 6. boys do not love until they reach the age of maturity 7. when one lover dies, a widowhood of two years is required by the survivor 8. no one should be deprived of love without the very best of reasons 9. no one can love unless he is propelled by the persuasion of love 10. love is always a stranger in the home of avarice 11. it is not proper to love any woman who one would be ashamed to seek to marry 12. a true lover does not desire to embrace in love anyone except his beloved 13. when made public, love rarely endures 14. the easy attainment of love makes it of little value. difficulty of attainment makes it prized 15. every lover regularly turnes pale in the presence of his beloved 16. when a lover suddenly catches sight of his beloved, his heart palpitates 17. a new love puts an old one to flight 18. good character alone makes any man worthy of love 19. if love diminishes, it quickly fails and rarely revives 20. a man in love is always apprehensive 21. real jealousy always increases the feeling of love 22. jealousy increases when one suspects his beloved 23. he whom the thought of love vexes eats and sleeps very little 24. every act of a lover ends in the thought of his beloved 25. a true lover considers nothing good except what he thinks will please his beloved 26. love can deny nothing to love 27. a lover can never have enough of the solaces of his beloved 28. a slight presumption causes a lover to suspect his beloved 29. a man who is vexed by too much passion usually does not love 30. a true lover is constantly, and without intermission, possesed by the thought of his beloved 31. nothing forbids one woman being loved by two men, or one man by two women << back next>> |